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I looked through my videos from the winter and found this clip. The video is from a downhill training in Beaver Creek, USA. To hook a gate in about 120km/h is nothing I recommend! But this time I caught a lucky break, came out of it with only minor injuries, and was able to race the next day.

Today I finally finished my last examination of this semester. Six hours of intense economic work resulted in a academic performance I´m really happy about. What the teacher thinks, is something else.. My effort coming in to the test has not been the best, a lot of exiting stuff has been happening these last weeks, which has made me evan more unfocused as a student..

We are back on snow, and will have five days of training at the summer ski facilities in Juvass, Norway. This is in the national park of Jotunheimen close to Norwegian highest mountain Galhøpiggen(2469m). So far we have had great weather, but very warm tempratures. The weekend supposed to be colder, and we hope for harder snow. Anyway, we are having some nice days at the office..

A friend of mine made this instuction video for slalom.  I think he has some good reflections.

Since we finished skiing 2 weeks ago, I have had my hands full by catching up at school. I study Tourism at the University of Lillehammer, and did one examination last week, and another two days ago. It for sure feels good to be productive also outside of the slopes. One more exam in the beginning of June and I´ll be done for the summer.

The 2009/10 season is over, but we are already well underway preparing for the next. The last weeks we have been stationed in Hallingdal, Norway putting down long hours in the hill. The conditions is absolutely tremendous! We have been switching between the resorts in Geilo, Ål and Hemsedal, only an hour's drive from each other. In this part of...

This week we are staying in Hallingdal to start the preparation for the next season. We are lucky to have cold nights, clear days and good firm snow. We have switched between training in Ål and at Geilo, this gives us an advantage in the way that we get different snow types and hill profiles. The focus this...

Our Norwegian teammate Mona Løseth had an accident at todays giant-slalom training in Hemsedal. She broke both the fibula and her tibula in her shin. This was very rough to hear, and another reminder of how brutal this sport can be. The surgery will be done tonight, it´s nothing else to do then to wish her good luck. With her amazing talent and mental strength, I´m sure she will be back, stronger then ever.

I skied with a GoPro Hero Camera when I was practicing in Kvitfjell during the Easter holiday. Never seen skiing from this angle before, and some interesting pictures came out of it. This is a video from some of the runs.

I won the National Championship in Super-Combined today! Aksel won the silver and Espen Lysdal the bronze. In yesterdays downhill I finished 2^nd, behind Aksel, in front of Kjetil. Read more for photos.

This is a video off a skier who has a rough day in the hill. He hooks a gate and decides to hike back up to finish the race. This is a part of the learning process in this brutal sport. I remember myself doing it all the time when I was a kid. This kid displays great dedication, but this exact this day, is unfortunately not his. It all ends up in a very funny video. I guess he laughs at it as well.. Important: Watch the whole clip!

Today I skied the last World Cup race of the season. It´s crazy how fast the season moves by. I had a good race today, and skied well in both runs. The sad part is that I straddled a gate in the second run, and did not finish.

We are enjoying ourselfs here at the finals in Garmisch. This is some photos from yesterday.

A wonderful week of racing in Kvitfjell, Norway is over. Both conditions, weather and atmosphere was as good as it gets. It seems like I have lost the speed touch, and my results over the weekend was nothing but disappointing.  This is something I kind of was prepared for, so I´m not that upset about it.

This week the World Cup has moved on to Kvitfjell. Feels good to be back home. The hill is in an excellent shape, everything is all set for a great event. The training run today went ok, and with some more attacking spirit at the raceday, I think it should be possible to make some top 30 results.

I know one thing for sure, there is nothing I love the way I love skiing. But there is also nothing that can drive me crazy like this sport does.